The six richest countries host only 8.8% of the world’s refugees, according to an Oxfam report.
The United States, China, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom constitute almost 60% of the global economy; yet only host 2.1 million refugees collectively.
While Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and South...

UPDATED: At least 21 Rohingya Muslims were killed on Tuesday morning after their boat capsized off the coast of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Western Myanmar, which is home to large IDP camps.
One-third of the roughly 60 passengers on board remain unaccounted for, according...

IOM Tripoli and UNHCR have organized a second technical workshop and coordination meeting for Libyan partners on saving lives of migrants at sea.
[caption id="attachment_5182" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The Libyan coastguard assisting a rescue operation carried out by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) off Libyan waters....

The global refugee crisis is so great that the UN refugee agency and other agencies are struggling to respond to and meet all the humanitarian needs they face, UN High Commissioner for refugees Refugees António Guterres has warned.
"We are no longer able to meet even the...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has urged EU Leaders to unite behind emergency proposals to manage what it says is an "increasingly chaotic and unpredictable" refugee and migration crisis.
[caption id="attachment_4714" align="alignnone" width="1024"] People relaxing at the Croatian government transit center in Opatovac, near the Serbian border. Photo:...

Search and rescue charity MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) has received more than €1 million in donations from all over the world in the past 48 hours.
[caption id="attachment_4472" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Eritrean children rescued in MOAS's latest mission in the Mediterranean. Photo: MOAS[/caption]
Since heartbreaking photos...

Over the past 24 hours The Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), a private-funded NGO borne out of the desire to stop the unnecessary deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean, received more than €250,000 in donations.
The people who run it attribute the surge, which dwarfs anything...

At least 3,900 families are believed to have fled escalating violence in the Syrian governorates of Homs and Hama, following the fall of the town of Al Qaryateen to ISIS insurgents.
[caption id="attachment_4427" align="alignnone" width="800"] Displaced Syrians queuing for aid at an IOM station in Homs....

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is facilitating a forum to improve Libya's response to boats in distress off the country's coast.
[caption id="attachment_4188" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Crew from the Zuwara coastguard ferrying migrants in an unprecedented joint rescue operation with the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) on August...